Flexible harrow



(No Model.)

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'UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE..

, JAMES S. NAUTZ, OF SHLBYVILLE, ILLINOIS.'

FLEXIBLE HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,848, dated July 10,1883.

T-[o all whom it may concern:

- Be it -known that I, JAMEs S.. NAUTZ, of

Shelbyville, county of Shelby, State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flexible Harrows; and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descripvtion of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'pertainsto make and use it, reference being had to the accom-.

panying drawings, which form a part of this speciication.,

My invention consists in thecombination of devices and applianceshereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

vated adjustable lever-beam and lever attachment thereto, by means ofwhich the harrow may be used with greater facility in stony,

j stumpy, and cloddy ground.

In carrying out my invention as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, A represents the narrow-frame, preferably constructedin adiamond shape, and consisting ofthe two wings A and A2, hinged togetherat any suitable points-as, for instance, at a and a. I would have itunderstood that I do not limit myself to the form of constructing thebarrow-frame or hinging the same together.

B represents the elevated beam, said beam having a pivoted connection atits ends with the adjacent portion of the barrow-frame; or they may bepivoted at the hinged connection of thev wings of the frame. The samepivot might be used for pivoting the elevated beam and for securing thetwo portions of the hinges together, the construction of the elevatedbeam Application filed April 21,1883. (No model.) f

being such that it maybe rocked backward and forward to a suitableextent.

n Gis the elevated lever, said lever adapted to be secured in anappropriate manner at its front extremity to the forward end of theframe. Said lever may be used upon aharrow of any desired width, and isintended to have a sliding motion upon the elevated beam, and to besecured by any appropriate adjusting device in any desired placethereon, said lever extending rearward sufcient to be operated by thedriver. This adjustable mechanism of the elevated beam, it has beenfound in practice, can be used to advantage in saving time andlabor,both for the man and the team, as by means of the lever the front wingof the harrow may be raised so as to clear itself of near its middle bythe pivoted elevated beam,

substantially as described.

2. Thecombination ofthetwo frontalieri-ack wings pivoted or hinged toeach other, the adjustable lever pivoted at one end to the forward endof the front wing, and the pivoted Witnesses:

M. J. LAUGHLIN, MARTIN V. MILLER.

JAMES S. NAU'IZ. Y*

0 that the name of the patentee of Letters Patent for en improvement inFlexible Barrows, should d of James S. Nautz, it is hereby ith thiscorrection there-ih to tent Office.

M. L. JOSLYY,

Acting Sccretm'y of the Interim'.

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